Military Residency Choice Act
Latest action · Nov 14, 2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 640.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 9, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Military Residency Choice Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to permit the spouse of a servicemember to elect to use the same residence as the servicemember for purposes of taxation and voting, regardless of the date on which the marriage of the spouse and the servicemember occurred.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 12, 2016 to Sep 21, 2016.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Christopher P. Gibson | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| R-CA | Stephen Knight | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Sep 9, 2016 | |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Sep 21, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 9, 2016Markup Sep 21, 2016Reported Nov 14, 2016 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Jun 21, 2016 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2016Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-816.
- Nov 14, 2016Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 640.
- Sep 21, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 21, 2016Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Jun 21, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Jun 9, 2016Introduced in House
- Jun 9, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 26, 2016H.R. 5428, Military Residency Choice ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 21, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 91, June 9, 2016, page H3664.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 114-75 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON: H.R. 3216, H.R. 4150, H.R. 4764, H.R. 5047, H.R. 5083, H.R. 5162, H.R. 5166, H.R. 5392, H.R. 5407, H.R. 5416, H.R. 5420, AND H.R. 5428114 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jun 23, 2016 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to authorize spouses of servicemembers to elect to use the same residences as the servicemembers.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Military Residency Choice Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Military Residency Choice Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2016Reported in House
- Jun 9, 2016Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
